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Immature vs Credulous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between immature and credulous

is that immature is not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature while credulous is excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

immature

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.
  • Silly or childish in behavior, not mature.
    • You're only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
  • * .
    • The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

    Related terms

    * mature * immaturity ----

    credulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
  • (obsolete) Believed too readily.

    • Derived terms

    * credulously * credulousness

    Related terms

    * credulity

    Synonyms

    * naive, unworldly * See also:

    Antonyms

    * incredulous

    References

    * (etymology)